The McIntire School of 
Commerce



Old Cabell Hall

Center for Growth Enterprises
Real Estate Center at the University of Virginia
Center for the Management of Information Technology

 
McIntire School of Commerce
April 27, 2001

Program Agenda

8:30 a.m.  Welcoming Remarks – Old Cabell Hall

• George A. Overstreet Jr., Associate Dean for Research and Center Development, McIntire School of Commerce

• David J. Hartzell, Visiting Professor of Real Estate and Finance, McIntire School of Commerce

Welcoming Remarks: Symposium Co-chairs

• Scott M. Kelley (McIntre '83), Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter

• Jeffrey C. Walker (McIntire ’77), Managing Partner, JPMorgan Partners

9 a.m. Presentation: “Extending ‘Built to Last’: Key Findings of ‘Good to Great’”

Jim Collins, Management Educator and Author

10:15 a.m. Panel Discussion: “Creating and Sustaining Visionary Organizations: The CEO Perspective”

Moderator: George A. Overstreet Jr., Associate Dean for Research and Center Development

Panelists:

• Macon F. Brock, U.Va. Parent and Co-Founder and CEO, Dollar Tree Stores

• Michael D. Parker, President, The Dow Chemical Company 

• James S. Turley, Chairman, Ernst & Young

• Jeffrey C. Walker (McIntire ’77), Managing Partner, JPMorgan Partners

11:30 a.m.  Audience Questions
 
Moderator: George A. Overstreet Jr., Associate Dean for Research and Center Development, McIntire School of Commerce

1:15 p.m. Panel Discussion: “Creating Visionary Real Estate Firms: An Industry Case Study”

Moderator: Scott M. Kelley (McIntire ’83), Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter

Panelists:

• Allen C. de Olazarra (A&S ’81), CEO, America’s Capital Partners

• Donald A. King Jr. (McIntire ’62), Managing Principal, RREEF

• Willard G. Rouse III (A&S ’66), Chairman, CEO, and President, Liberty Property Trust

• James W. Todd (McIntire ’60, Darden ’64), President, The Peterson Companies

• David C. Walentas (Engineering ’61, Darden ’64), Owner and President, Two Trees Management Company

3 p.m. Panel Discussion: “Challenges to the Visionary Closely Held Firms”

Moderator: John F. Kirtley (McIntire ’85), Co-Founder, Florida Capital Partners

Panelists:

• Richard P. Claes, President, Thornton Oil Corporation

• H. Merritt Lane III (McIntire ’83), President and CEO, Canal Barge Company

• Nicholas A. Merrick (McIntire ’85), CFO, Telergy Inc.

4 p.m. Closing Remarks: “Action Steps for the Academic Enterprise”

Carl P. Zeithaml, Dean and F.S. Cornell Professor of Free Enterprise, McIntire School of Commerce

4:15 p.m. Adjournment

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